Canada · EDT
Mon, 14 Sept 2026
Timezone Guide
Hamilton, Canada runs on UTC−4. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. Hamilton and New York currently share the same clock. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 9 hours a day with New York. A good time to connect: 09:00–18:00 in Hamilton lines up with 09:00–18:00 in New York. There is a 5-hour difference between Hamilton and London. Standard 9-to-6 working hours overlap for about 4 hours a day with London. A good time to connect: 09:00–13:00 in Hamilton lines up with 14:00–18:00 in London. There is a 13-hour difference between Hamilton and Tokyo. Standard working hours don't overlap at all with Tokyo, so meetings need an early or late slot on one side. This timezone is also shared with cities such as Toronto, Caracas, Havana. Keeping these offsets in mind makes it easier to schedule calls or travel to and from Hamilton.
Practical Info
Hamilton (Canada) is home to roughly 570K people. Today brings about 15.4 hours of daylight: sunrise at 05:42, sunset at 21:06. Clocks move forward each spring and back each autumn: UTC−5 in winter, UTC−4 in summer. Next change: 2 Nov. It sits in the Northern Hemisphere, about 43° north of the equator. Traffic drives on the right.
Flag
Canada
Capital
Ottawa
Continent
North America
Time Zone
EDT · America/Toronto
Coordinates
43.26°N, 79.87°W
Currency
CAD ($)
Calling Code
+1
Driving Side
Right
Hemisphere
Northern
Language
English, French
Measurement System
Metric
Did You Know?
Hamilton sits astride the Niagara Escarpment and has over a hundred waterfalls within its boundaries — more than any other city its size in the world, which is why it calls itself the waterfall capital.
The clock: Hamilton keeps Eastern Time. It produced the majority of Canadian steel for most of the 20th century.
Annual Daylight
Working Hours
2h overlap